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Breaking Out of Stable Misery with Dr. Lynyetta Willis: Episode 57a26 Aug 202400:41:27

In this re-release of a favourite episode, we discuss the term ‘stable misery’.

It’s Dr. Lynyetta Willis’s term to describe the ‘in-between’ space we sometimes experience as parents: The house isn’t burning down but things aren’t great.

In this episode, Dr. Willis joins me for a conversation about how to break out of stable misery.

As a psychologist and family empowerment coach, Dr. Lynyetta Willis, helps frustrated families stop Stable Misery® cycles or unhelpful patterns that keep them stuck, so they can create more joy in their parenting or partnerships. Her Triggered to Transformed® Parent Coaching Program has helped parents all over the world to confidently deal with their triggers so they can pass on the best parts of themselves and enjoy parenting more.

We cover:

  • [2:40] How Dr. Lynyetta became a family empowerment coach
  • [3:45] What stable misery is
  • [5:55] How to recognize when you’re in stable misery
  • [9:00] The Five Paths Framework
  • [21:10] Tips to get in touch with your feelings and emotions
  • [27:20] The difference between stressors and triggers
  • [40:20] Dr. Lynyetta’s advice to her younger parent self 

Download the episode transcript HERE

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Hunt, Gather, Parent with Michaeleen Doucleff: Episode 60a21 Aug 202400:50:54

This is re-release of one of our favourite episodes:

Mainstream parenting is W.E.I.R.D! Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic. Well, maybe not everyone. But parenting in North American culture has changed a lot in the past few hundred years and it’s a lot different currently than some other places in the world. 

My guest in this podcast set out to look at how some other families around the world operate, how American parenting is different, and what we can learn from parents in other places.

Michaeleen Doucleff, PhD, is the author of the New York Times bestseller Hunt, Gather, Parent. The book describes a way of raising helpful and confident children, which moms and dads have turned to for millennia. It also explains how American families can incorporate this approach into their busy lives.

Doucleff is also a global health correspondent for NPR’s Science Desk, where she reports about disease outbreaks and children’s health. 

We cover:

  • [3:00] Why Michaeleen wrote her book and what influenced it
  • [6:30] How the nuclear family has been a failed social experiment 
  • [13:10] Michaeleen’s TEAM acronym 
  • [20:00] The interesting thing about encouraging our kids to develop autonomy 
  • [37:30] The importance of having minimal interference with our kids
  • [45:55] Culturally specific traits when raising kids
  • [52:00] Advice Michaeleen would give her younger parent self

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Play Based Learning: Or Why You Don't Need to Get Your Child Ready For Kindergarten: Episode 15903 Jul 202400:46:26

In this episode of The Peaceful Parenting Podcast, I interview Kristen RB Peterson on letting go of “getting ready for kindergarten” and focusing on play based learning instead. Listen in as we discuss the findings of studies on the importance of play and how to foster more play in your home.

We talk about:

  • 4:45 Study about play based preschools vs. academic preschools

  • 5:30 Confusion around what play is and what play is not

  • 6:45 Five Characteristics of play

  • 11:31 Play schemas (patterns in children’s play)

  • 13:00 Importance of “loose materials” for play

  • 14:42 Why parents should avoid academic focused preschools

  • 26:13 NASA Creativity Study

  • 33:00 How parents can help their kids have more play

  • 38:00 Importance of risky play in early childhood

Download the episode transcript HERE 

Resources mentioned in this episode:

  • IG @kristen.rb.peterson

  • Play-Based Learning Podcast https://www.kristenrbpeterson.com/podcasts 

  • Kristen’s Website https://www.kristenrbpeterson.com/ 

  • Citations for the studies: “Studies that compared the performance of children attending academic preschools with those attending play-based preschools showed no advantage in reading and math achievement for children attending academic preschools. However, evidence did suggest that children attending academic preschools had higher levels of test anxiety, were less creative, and had more negative attitudes toward school than did the children attending play-based preschool.” Swart, K., & Houser, K. (2023). Early Childhood Play and Academics: What Are Parents’ Perceptions? Dimensions of Early Childhood, 51(2), 28–32.

  • The second study mentioned: Zekarias, E. Z., & Zhao, W.(2023) Parent play beliefs, play as a teaching technique, and teachers' pedagogical knowledge, and children's early numeracy and literacy skills: Evidence from Wolaita Zone, southern Ethiopia. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 11(01), 270-292.

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079: Coaching with Michelle: Sibling Rivalry When One Child Needs More From Us07 Dec 202200:44:06

In this coaching call with Michelle, we talk about sibling rivalry issues when peaceful parenting hasn’t always been the method of parenting for both kids AND when one child has more intense needs than the other.

 

Michelle is a mom of two girls, 11 and seven years old. Her younger child, Q, is one of those kids that we call ‘more’ or ‘extra’, and really requires more energy and attention than her older child. What’s interesting is that the problem Michelle thought she had wasn't actually what we ended up working on. Have a listen!

 

We go into:

  • [4:40] Anger in siblings when big emotions come up
  • [8:00] Handling conflict when your kids don’t want to talk about it
  • [17:30] The benefit of showing empathy and speaking kindly
  • [20:15] Helping our kids through name calling and other unkind acts
  • [27:30] Dividing our attention to all kids
  • [32:40] One month check in


Resources mentioned in this episode

 

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078: Understanding Challenging Behaviour with Dr. Stuart Shanker30 Nov 202200:55:28

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Stuart Shanker to understand our children’s challenging behaviour. We discuss why children act the way they do sometimes and what we can do about it.  

 

Dr. Shanker explains the 5 domains or areas where stress shows up in our and our children’s lives. We discuss how we can be ‘stress detectives’ to help reduce challenging behaviour. 

 

Dr. Stuart Shanker is the author of the Self-Reg trilogy: Calm, Alert and Learning: Classroom Strategies for Self-Regulation, Self-Reg: How to Help Your Child (and You) Break the Stress Cycle and Successfully Engage with Life; Reframed: Self-Reg for a Just Society.

 

In 2012 Stuart founded The MEHRIT Centre as a Self-Reg learning and information centre for parents, educators, the leaders of today and the leaders of tomorrow. In this challenging time in which we are living, Self-Reg inspires what is most desperately needed: a profound sense of hope for the future.

 

We go into:

  • [4:45] Why misbehavior is stressed behavior 
  • [9:10] The difference between self control and self regulation 
  • [12:50] The 5 categories of stressors 
  • [23:00] Is misbehavior intentional?
  • [30:00] Tips for parents to help reduce stressors 
  • [42:00] Biggest stressors parents are faced with today
  • [44:10] Spirited kids vs. stressed out kids
  • [50:30] Why there’s an uptake in sensory issues
  • [54:00] Dr. Shanker’s advice to his younger parent self

 

The goal of The MEHRIT Centre is to provide parents and educators around the world with the tools needed to raise healthy and vibrant children; and to provide adults and seniors with a powerful method for enhancing their own well being.


Resources mentioned in this episode

 

Connect with Dr. Stuart Shanker

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077: Taking the Stress Out of Morning Routines23 Nov 202200:33:47

In this episode, Stoney joins me on the podcast to answer a listener question about creating stress-free morning routines. 

 

Stoney is one of the peaceful parenting coaches on my team, and has great advice for you to implement to make your mornings more productive.

 

We go into:

  • [2:40] Stoney’s experience and work as a peaceful parenting coach
  • [3:35] This episode’s listener question
  • [6:35] Starting your bedtime routine as early as possible
  • [9:20] Setting yourself up for success the next morning
  • [13:00] Using a picture schedule 
  • [17:40] Simplifying breakfast time
  • [18:25] Using ‘play’ when we can
  • [26:40] Having the same wake time (even on weekends)


Resources mentioned in this episode

 

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Dr. Tina Payne Bryson on the Tilt Parenting Podcast17 Nov 202200:59:49

Today we have a different kind of conversation for you. It’s not an episode of The Peaceful Parenting Podcast but instead it’s an episode of the Tilt Parenting Podcast hosted by Debbie Reber. Debbie’s show is all about parenting differently wired kids.

 

The episode that we’re sharing with you today is one that I really enjoyed listening to. It's with Dr. Tina Payne Bryson, who is one of the authors of the Power of Showing Up, written alongside Dr. Daniel Siegel.  

 

This episode talks about the Four S’s of showing up for your kids. I know you will enjoy this conversation as much as I did, and please connect with Debbie and follow her podcast at the links below.

 

Resources mentioned in this episode:

 

Connect with Debbie Reber   

 

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076: Coaching with Candace: Supporting Our Kids When They Have Friend Challenges16 Nov 202200:33:46

In this coaching call with Candace, we talk about the challenges her daughter, Elgin, who is nine, has been facing socially. 

 

Elgin has ADHD and is dyslexic, which has caused her to feel like an outsider at school, resulting in friendships dissolving. 

 

Her mom, Candace, has been struggling to find ways to help her daughter cope through these changes, which is what we talk about today.

 

We go into:

  • [2:40] The support Candace is looking for
  • [4:40] How I supported my daughter through her ADHD diagnosis 
  • [5:50] How the challenges Elgin is facing show up in her daily life
  • [14:30] Our own upbringings and how it impacts our kids
  • [18:20] Coaching our kids to stand up for themselves
  • [24:10] The pain parents face when their kids are being taken advantage of
  • [26:05] One-month check in


Resources mentioned in this episode

 

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075: The Science of Secure Attachment with Bethany Saltman09 Nov 202200:29:12

Many of us worry that our child may not be securely attached. How can we understand the science behind attachment to better understand our kids and their needs? And how do we promote a secure attachment?

 

Joining me for this conversation is Bethany Saltman, author of Strange Situation: A Mother’s Journey Into the Science of Attachment. It’s inspired by the birth of her daughter in 2006, who she loved dearly, but feared she was failing. 

 

Why? Because she was not the kind of mother she hoped to become. Bethany spent ten years teaching herself the science of attachment, traveling to labs, trainings, and archives, in an effort to try to discover what kind of mother she really was, and if she was good enough for her daughter.

 

What she learned changed everything about how she thought of herself, her childhood, and the nature of love.

 

We go into:

  • [2:25] Different attachment styles and why they’re important
  • [6:00] Where secure attachment comes from
  • [13:35] The power of attachment and repair 
  • [14:20] Why people make such a big deal about attachment styles
  • [24:10] What Bethany learned through healing her insecure attachment style
  • [27:40] Advice Bethany would give to her younger parent self 

Strange Situation: A Mother’s Journey Into the Science of Attachment, published in April, 2020 by Random House, is her first book. 

 

Bethany is a bestselling book coach, helping writers envision and execute their books—from pitch, to platform, to proposal, to publication, to PR. , She is also an editor and researcher. Her work can be seen in magazines like the New Yorker, New York Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, Parents, and many others.

 

Resources mentioned in this episode

 

Connect with Bethany 

 

Connect with Sarah Rosensweet  

074: Answering Listener Questions02 Nov 202200:29:12

In this episode, I’m answering questions I’ve received from you- my podcast listeners! 

 

We have three listener questions: 

  1. What to do if you have a kid who runs away when you are out in public.
  2. What to do when your child or children clearly prefer one parent over another.
  3. What to do when your family openly and actively doesn't approve of your peaceful parenting choices.

 

We go into:

  • [2:30] What to do if your kid is a ‘runner’
  • [5:55] How ‘impulse control’ plays a huge role in our child’s ability to make decisions 
  • [8:00] Tips to help kids strengthen their impulse control
  • [10:15] What to do when a child prefers one parent over another
  • [15:45] How to work on parent-child connection 
  • [18:55] Navigating family who disagree with peaceful parenting 
  • [25:00] Two important notes to remember from this episode
  • [27:00] Why we should never shame or judge each other’s parenting styles


Resources mentioned in this episode

 

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073: Coaching with Andrea: Sensitive Kids, Sensitive Parents and Big Feelings26 Oct 202200:33:35

In this coaching call with Andrea, we talk about the struggles she has been having with her newly five-year-old son Emmett.

 

Andrea is the mom of a five-year-old boy and two-year-old girl. 

 

We often talk about parenting strategies to help our sensitive kids, but what about sensitive parents? How do we cope with our strong-willed kids when we have our own full backpacks?

 

We go into:

  • [4:00] Examples of the intensity Andrea sees in her son
  • [11:10] How parenting impacts sensitive parents
  • [19:50] Part 2: How the suggestions worked for Andrea
  • [21:20] Why it’s counterintuitive to lean into the upset


Resources mentioned in this episode

 

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072: Why and What Parents Need to Know About Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE) with Victoria Ogunleye19 Oct 202200:28:46

What is SOGIE and why is it important for parents to understand when it comes to our kids? It’s an acronym that we’re exploring in this episode with Victoria Ogunleye.

 

We go into:

  • [1:50] What Amaze.org is
  • [4:00] What SOGI stands for
  • [5:35] What determines a person’s sexual orientation
  • [7:30] The difference between sexual orientation and gender identity 
  • [8:20] Cysgender vs. transgender
  • [9:30] How to use pronouns  
  • [14:40] The Genderbread Graphic
  • [19:55] Defining anatomical sex 
  • [23:40] Sexual vs. romatic attraction 
  • [26:25] The advice Victoria would want to remember if she ever has children

 

Victoria is the Digital Sex Education Manager at Advocates for Youth, where she works with the Communication and Sex Education team to drive AMAZE’s youth-facing digital strategy and manage the AMAZE Youth Ambassador program. Prior to joining Advocates for Youth, Victoria was the Health Education Coordinator at Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington DC Inc, where she managed the organization’s peer education program and community health education program. Victoria has a background in intimate partner violence awareness, working with children with intellectual disabilities, and performing arts. As a former peer educator, she holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Science with a track in community health from Towson University.


Resources mentioned in this episode

 

Connect with Amaze 

 

Connect with Sarah Rosensweet  

071: How to Help Your Perfectionist Kid with Sarah and Corey12 Oct 202200:23:15

In this episode, Corey Everrett and I talk about how to help your perfectionist kid. 

 

From modeling behavior to normalizing imperfection, we cover a wide range of tools and techniques to help you in those hard moments.

 

Corey is one of the peaceful parenting coaches on my team. Corey Everrett is a certified peaceful parenting coach. She lives in a small-town East of Toronto with her two young children, husband, and rescue pup. Corey helps families find more joy and ease in their daily lives, by empathically empowering parents to better understand themselves and their children.

 

We go into:

  • [2:40] How to stay calm with kids make mistakes
  • [6:35] Modeling behavior for our kids to learn 
  • [10:10] Why we shouldn’t try and fix what our kids create or do
  • [12:10] Helpful tools for doing the inner work and sharing our own mistakes
  • [14:15] Normalizing imperfection
  • [18:10] The growth mindset behind not being good at everything right away 


Resources mentioned in this episode

Connect with Sarah Rosensweet  

Coaching with Jessica: When Anxiety Affects Our Parenting: Episode 15826 Jun 202401:06:40

This episode of The Peaceful Parenting Podcast is a coaching call with Jessica, Mom of 6-year-old and 8-year-old daughters. Listen in as we identify how her own anxiety was affecting her parenting as well as how to work with her strong-willed daughter.

 

We talk about:

  • 6:00 The light bulb moment around how anxious Jessica was feeling

  • 15:00 How to work with our children’s sensory preferences

  • 17:50 How to word things with our strong-willed children

  • 23:33 How our childhood shows up in our parenting

  • 30:37 When kids won’t go to the bathroom

  • 50:00 There are no “peaceful parenting police”

  • 1:00 Sensory aversions to clothing

 

Download the episode transcript HERE 

 

Resources mentioned in this episode:

 

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070: Coaching with Dajana: Parenting A Highly Sensitive Child05 Oct 202200:49:06

In this coaching call with Dajana, we unpack the struggles she has been having with her middle son. Together, we dive into the nature of highly sensitive kids and strategies to help in highly emotional moments.

 

Dajana is a mom of three –  a ten-year-old, a six and a half year old, and a three and a half year old. 

 

We go into:

  • [1:30] What you will find inside my membership program 
  • [4:00] The challenges Dajana is facing with her middle son 
  • [6:35] How many daily upsets are “normal” for kids to experience
  • [8:40] How to tell if your child is highly sensitive
  • [15:30] Why it’s important to respond with empathy
  • [20:10] Tips for helping your child communicate what’s wrong 
  • [25:45] Navigating ‘global catastrophic thinking’
  • [34:40] Two week check in 


Resources mentioned in this episode

 

Connect with Sarah Rosensweet  

*free* 5 DAY PEACEFUL PARENTING RESET: 5 Days of Tools and Strategies to Help You on Your Peaceful Parenting Journey30 Sep 202200:02:15

I’m popping onto your Podcast feed today to let you know I am hosting a free live five day reset starting on Monday, October 5, 2022.

 

You can go and sign up for free at www.sarahrosensweet.com/reset. 

 

We all need a reset sometimes. If you've fallen off the wagon or if you're just getting started in peaceful parenting, this is your invitation to bring more intention and consciousness into the practice of peaceful parenting.

 

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069: Helping Kids Develop A Growth Mindset with Sheena Hill28 Sep 202200:49:33

Growth mindset is the antidote to perfectionism and giving up. It’s believing “I can’t do it… YET”

 

How can we help our children develop a growth mindset?

 

What are the strategies? What do we do when our kids just want to give up?

 

This episode is a look into my membership community, and joining us is Sheena Hill, a psychotherapist in private practice as a Responsive Parenting and Holistic Sleep Coach. She is a passionate advocate for children, families, development, attachment, and trauma and has been working with families for almost 20 years. 

 

We go into:

  • [6:45] Best practices when it comes to developing a growth mindset as it relates to parenting
  • [12:20] ‘Inviting’ your mistakes to the dinner table
  • [15:30] Shifting what ‘mistakes’ mean to us
  • [18:45] How to help our kids out of a negative mindset
  • [24:05] Tips for helping our kids when they’re spiraling 
  • [28:40] When to know if something is no longer serving our kids
  • [32:40] What to do when the school environment isn’t supportive or peaceful
  • [39:25] Setting expectations for different stages of our kids’ lives

 

She holds a masters degrees in Social Work and Education and trainings/certifications in SPACE, Neuroscience, Strengthening Families Program, The Nurturing Parenting Program, Hand in Hand Parenting, child passenger safety, and babyproofing.

 

After nearly a decade in the non-profit world, she made the shift to private practice in order to begin homeschooling. 


Resources mentioned in this episode

 

Connect with Sheena  

 

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068: Coaching with Seodhna: How to Know if Your Child Needs a Professional Diagnosis21 Sep 202200:59:56

In this coaching call with Seodhna, we talk about the challenges that have popped up with her intense, sensitive, and strong-willed son. 

 

Seodhna is the mom of 3 boys- ages 3, 6, and 8. She asked me for help with her oldest child, who often is quite challenging and  demanding of her and her family.

 

We spoke on three separate occasions over the course of a year as she went through the process of getting a diagnosis for her son. We also came up with strategies to help them both during those very intense moments.

 

We go into:

  • [4:20] What it means to be ‘sensory seeking’
  • [7:55] Exercises Seodhna does with Ronan thanks to occupational therapy
  • [15:30] Introducing laughter and roughhousing to help unpack a full emotional backpack 
  • [25:45] ‘Masking’ as it relates to autism 
  • [37:20] Check in #2: How the initial strategies and recommendations worked for Ronan
  • [40:55] Practicing co-regulation
  • [44:50] Planning for a professional assessment of Ronan
  • [48:30] Check in #3: Life post-assessment and how their family is doing now
  • [52:35] The power in having answers 


Resources mentioned in this episode

 

Connect with Sarah Rosensweet  

067: How to Handle After School Meltdowns14 Sep 202200:12:31

In this solo episode with me, we talk about how to handle after school meltdowns.

 

Our kids deal with a lot on a day to day basis, especially as they get readjusted to being back in school. Listen in for tips on how to help your kids navigate those inevitable meltdowns!

We go into:

  • [1:15] Why after school meltdowns happen
  • [6:50] How to help your child empty their emotional backpack
  • [8:45] Coke bottle analogy and how it relates to overwhelmed kids


Resources mentioned in this episode

 

Connect with Sarah Rosensweet  

066: A Peaceful Dad Inspiring Others with DeAntwann ‘DJ’ Johnson07 Sep 202200:45:51

Why do partners struggle with peaceful parenting? 

 

How can we help our male partners become open and receptive to this type of parenting? Why are there negative connotations associated with it to begin with?

 

Joining me for this conversation is DeAntwann “DJ” Johnson. DJ is a husband, father, author, mentor, coach, counselor, and sports statistician. He grew up in the Indiana foster care system and yet despite that, has gone on to lead a successful, and fulfilling life. 

 

We go into:

  • [3:05] Why DJ wanted to raise his son in a peaceful way
  • [12:50] How to help dads with peaceful parenting
  • [23:10] The fear behind buying into peaceful parenting 
  • [31:35] Why we can’t expect kids to listen to us right away
  • [38:10] Advice for parents whose partners are not on board
  • [44:50] What DJ would say to his younger father self

 

Before spending nine years in the foster care system, DJ suffered child abuse, domestic abuse, and emotional trauma. At one point, he wanted to end his life, but he realized that he was on this earth for a purpose. DJ fulfills that purpose by using his experiences to not only help establish relationships with the students he serves, but he helps parents better connect with their teenagers. DJ specializes in helping parents bridge the communication gap between them and their child to ensure that their child has room to be the best version of themself.


Resources mentioned in this episode

Connect with DJ Johnson

 

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065: Coaching with Liz: When Kids Have Trouble Falling and Staying Asleep31 Aug 202200:41:48

In this coaching call with Liz, we talk about what to do when kids have trouble falling and staying asleep.

 

Liz is the mom of a four year old boy and a one year old girl. She asked for some support because her four year old was having a lot of trouble staying asleep by himself.

 

We came up with some ideas to help her and the rest of her family get more sleep, as well as some strategies to help him with his fears around going to sleep.

 

We go into:

  • [5:00] Why exhaustion and burnout is normal with little kids
  • [8:30] Current bedtime routine since weaning off nursing
  • [12:55] How Liz currently navigates her son waking up in the middle of the night
  • [16:10] How to address the ‘worry brain’ with your kids
  • [22:10] Strategies to help kids fall and stay asleep
  • [31:40] Check in after a few months


Resources mentioned in this episode

 

Connect with Sarah Rosensweet  

064: When Saying Goodbye is Hard24 Aug 202200:20:47

In this solo episode with me, we talk about what to do when saying goodbye is hard. 

 

Whether it’s school drop-offs or leaving our kids with a babysitter, I’m sharing my strategies for making this transition much easier on both you and your kids.

We go into:

  • [2:00] Three ways to problem solve why saying goodbye is hard for kids
  • [4:55] Considering who does the drop off
  • [7:15] Coming up with a goodbye ritual
  • [9:30] How to make the goodbye easier
  • [13:00] Best practices when it comes to saying goodbye
  • [15:30] Talking to children about the moment of goodbye


Resources mentioned in this episode

 

Connect with Sarah Rosensweet  

063: Self-Compassion is the Key to Being Your Best Parent Self with Dr. Kristin Neff17 Aug 202200:32:23

What are the three components of self compassion? 

 

We all need to extend ourselves a bit more compassion which is why this conversation is particularly important. Joining me is *the* thought leader in the self-compassion space, Dr. Kristin Neff.

 

Dr. Neff is currently an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. She is a pioneer in the field of self-compassion research, conducting the first empirical studies on self-compassion nearly twenty years ago. She has been recognized as one of the most influential researchers in psychology worldwide. 

 

We go into:

  • [3:00] How Dr. Neff’s story intertwines with her work in self compassion
  • [6:45] Secondary traumatic stress and secondary self-compassion 
  • [8:20] How to find self compassion in hard situations 
  • [9:15] Dr. Neff’s definition of self compassion
  • [12:30] Why gratitude isn’t always enough
  • [16:30] The two types of self compassion
  • [20:30] Dr. Neff’s self compassion meditation
  • [27:00] How to believe in yourself and that you aren’t a bad person
  • [29:45] What advice Dr. Neff would give to her younger parent self


Resources mentioned in this episode

 

Connect with Dr. Kristin Neff

 

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062: Coaching with Daniel: Can You Get Your Partner Onboard with Peaceful Parenting?10 Aug 202200:23:15

In this episode I sit down with Daniel, father to two girls, ages 9 and 15. Daniel has been following peaceful parenting practices in recent years and finds it a struggle that his wife isn’t onboard.

 

We go into:

  • [4:36] How ending the yelling and power struggles has changed Daniel’s relationship with his daughters 
  • [9:30] Why we can force our partners to be aligned with peaceful parenting
  • [10:10] Tips to navigate your relationship with your partner when it comes to peaceful parenting 
  • [17:05] Daniel’s update after a few weeks


Resources mentioned in this episode

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Greg Santucci on Sensory Processing and Live Q&A with my Membership Community: Episode 15719 Jun 202400:53:16

In this episode of The Peaceful Parenting Podcast, I interview Greg Santucci a pediatric OT and founding Director of Power Play Pediatric Therapy. We discuss what the sensory processing system is and how to decode behaviour through cultivating a “sensory lens”.

This conversation was recorded in my membership, where community members were able to ask Greg their questions. 

 

We talk about:

  • 6:00 The “hidden” senses

  • 9:00 What sensory processing is

  • 12:23 Why sensory seeking behaviour happens

  • 13:50 What “regulation” is

  • 21:28 How parents can start looking at behaviour through a sensory lens

  • 24:00 Trying to figure out the root cause of behaviour

  • 27:00 Toddlers repeatedly dumping things

  • 30:30 How to improve interoceptive awareness with kids

  • 35:00 Accommodating sensory challenges/preferences at school

  • 40:47 Potty training challenges in a daycare setting

  • 47:00 Teaching strategies to manage sensory challenges

 

Download the episode transcript HERE 

 

Resources mentioned in this episode:

 

Connect with Sarah Rosensweet  

 

061: Three Reasons Why You Don’t Have to Be a Perfect Parent03 Aug 202200:14:05

In this episode, I’m sharing three reasons why you don’t have to be a perfect parent. 

 

There is a lot of pressure when it comes to parenting. Often we feel like people are judging us for what we do, say and act with our kids. The truth is, no one is judging us as harshly as we’re judging ourselves. 

 

Listen in to learn why you are a better parent if you don’t hold yourself to an impossible standard of perfection!

We go into:

  • [4:40] Why being a perfect parent is unrealistic 
  • [7:45] Helping our kids develop resilience 
  • [9:35] Why perfectionism makes us worse parents 


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FREE WORKSHOP – Peaceful Discipline: How to Get Your Kids to Cooperate Without Using Threats, Yelling or Punishment01 Aug 202200:01:38

I’m popping onto your Podcast feed today to let you know I am hosting a workshop on Monday, August 8th at 8:00 PM EST and Thursday, August 11th at 12pm EST.

 

It’s called Peaceful Discipline: How to Get Your Kids to Cooperate Without Using Threats, Yelling or Punishment and I would love for you to join me.

 

You can go and sign up for free at www.sarahrosensweet.com/freeworkshop. 

 

If you can't make it live, I will have a replay available for you that you can watch later. If you can make it live, I will be answering all of your questions about discipline and how to get your kids to listen to you without using yelling, threats, bribes, punishment, all of those things that we don't want to use in peaceful parenting.

 

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060: Hunt, Gather, Parent with Michaeleen Doucleff27 Jul 202200:53:28

Mainstream parenting is W.E.I.R.D! Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic. Well, maybe not everyone. But parenting in North American culture has changed a lot in the past few hundred years and it’s a lot different currently than some other places in the world. 

 

My guest in this podcast set out to look at how some other families around the world operate, how American parenting is different, and what we can learn from parents in other places.

 

Michaeleen Doucleff, PhD, is the author of the New York Times bestseller Hunt, Gather, Parent. The book describes a way of raising helpful and confident children, which moms and dads have turned to for millennia. It also explains how American families can incorporate this approach into their busy lives.

 

Doucleff is also a global health correspondent for NPR’s Science Desk, where she reports about disease outbreaks and children’s health. 

 

We go into:

  • [3:00] Why Michaeleen wrote her book and what influenced it
  • [6:30] How the nuclear family has been a failed social experiment 
  • [13:10] Michaeleen’s TEAM acronym 
  • [20:00] The interesting thing about encouraging our kids to develop autonomy 
  • [37:30] The importance of having minimal interference with our kids
  • [45:55] Culturally specific traits when raising kids
  • [52:00] Advice Michaeleen would give her younger parent self

 

Doucleff has a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Berkeley, California, a master’s degree in viticulture and enology from the University of California, Davis, and a bachelor’s degree in biology from Caltech.

 

In 2015, Doucleff was part of the team that earned a George Foster Peabody award for its coverage of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Before coming to NPR in 2012, Doucleff was an editor at the journal Cell, where she wrote about the science behind pop culture. 

 

She lives in Alpine, Texas, with her husband, daughter and German Shepherd, Savanna.


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059: Coaching with Sameera: What to Do When Things Don’t Go As Planned20 Jul 202200:41:09

This week’s episode is a coaching call with Sameera, mom to four-year-old Ananth who has big feelings.

 

Sameera shares how Ananth gets unsettled when things don't go according to plan and how to help him navigate missing his dad when he’s at work.

 

We go into:

  • [2:10] The challenges Sameera is facing
  • [7:20] Tips to navigate big feelings
  • [9:50] How to empathize if you can’t relate to the situation 
  • [19:00] Strategies to handle emotional outbursts
  • [25:00] What to do if you feel powerless
  • [33:30] Part 2: how things went for Sameera


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058: Introducing Corey & Stoney and Our Most Influential Parenting Books13 Jul 202200:39:04

In this episode, I introduce you to Corey and Stoney, the two new Peaceful Parenting Coaches here at Sarah Rosensweet Peaceful Parenting. We chat about our peaceful parenting journeys as well as our most influential parenting books over the years.

 

We go into:

  • [1:45] Introducing Corey to the team
  • [3:10] Introducing Stoney to the team
  • [5:50] Sarah’s most influential parenting books
  • [8:35] Corey’s most influential parenting books
  • [13:00] Stoney’s most influential parenting books
  • [24:30] The importance of equal partnership
  • [32:50] What to do if you’re struggling with burnout   


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057: Breaking Out of Stable Misery with Dr. Lynyetta Willis06 Jul 202200:43:02

Have you heard the term ‘stable misery’? 

 

It’s Dr. Lynyetta Willis’s term to describe the ‘in-between’ space we sometimes experience as parents: The house isn’t burning down but things aren’t great.

 

In this episode, Dr. Willis joins me for a conversation about how to break out of stable misery.

 

As a psychologist and family empowerment coach, Dr. Lynyetta Willis, helps frustrated families stop Stable Misery® cycles or unhelpful patterns that keep them stuck, so they can create more joy in their parenting or partnerships. Her Triggered to Transformed® Parent Coaching Program has helped parents all over the world to confidently deal with their triggers so they can pass on the best parts of themselves and enjoy parenting more.

 

We go into:

  • [2:40] How Dr. Lynyetta became a family empowerment coach
  • [3:45] What stable misery is
  • [5:55] How to recognize when you’re in stable misery
  • [9:00] The Five Paths Framework
  • [21:10] Tips to get in touch with your feelings and emotions
  • [27:20] The difference between stressors and triggers
  • [40:20] Dr. Lynyetta’s advice to her younger parent self  


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056: Coaching with Yvonne: Healing Our Relationship with Our Kids by Healing Ourselves29 Jun 202200:45:31

What is the impact of healing the relationship we have with our kids by healing ourselves?

 

It’s significant. When we start to understand why we have the beliefs and thoughts we do, and how it impacts our kids and relationships, it changes our outlook and how we approach our kids.

 

In this episode, Yvonne joins me for a coaching call to talk about how her relationship to herself has impacted the way she relates to her kids: Molly who is 7, and Fionntan who is 6. 

 

We go into:

  • [2:40] Yvonne’s upbringing and how it influences the topic for this conversation
  • [5:20] Getting pregnant unexpectedly
  • [7:50] How Yvonne’s emotional regulation has changed since the early years 
  • [11:10] Having conversations about repairs with our kids
  • [18:30] How to check in with your nervous system
  • [24:35] Two week check in: How it went for Yvonne
  • [32:20] The impact and importance of rest 
  • [41:40] Why we shouldn’t be so hard on ourselves


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055: One Year Anniversary: My Fave Experts Give Advice To Their Younger Parent Selves22 Jun 202200:40:17

In this very special episode of The Peaceful Parenting Podcast, I have compiled a list of advice former podcast guests have shared about what they would say to their younger parent selves.

 

I know you will find this episode so inspiring. I’ve created a cheat sheet that you can download for free with all of my guests’ expert advice for you to reference. You can get it here: www.sarahrosensweet.com/guestexpertadvice.

We go into:

  • [3:30] Dr. Laura Markham’s advice
  • [5:05] Ned Johnson’s advice
  • [7:30] Yolanda Williams’ advice
  • [9:31] Dayna Abraham’s advice
  • [10:55] Leslie Priscilla’s advice
  • [12:21] Dr. Sharon Saline’s advice
  • [13:50] Mr. Chazz’s advice
  • [15:50] Kristy Forbes’ advice
  • [17:35] Eve Rodsky’s advice
  • [19:30] Teacher Tom’s advice
  • [22:10] Iris Chen’s advice
  • [23:45] Lynn Lyons’ advice
  • [26:10] Julie Lythcott-Haims’ advice
  • [30:45] Janine Halloran’s advice
  • [33:00] Dr. Mona’s advice
  • [34:50] My advice to my younger self


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054: How to Help Kids Get More Sleep with Heather Turgeon and Julie Wright, Sleep Experts15 Jun 202200:36:36
How much sleep do tweens and teens need? Are they getting enough? How do we help them get more?

 

It’s no secret that our kids lead busy lives– between schoolwork, activities, volunteering, and more, how can we ensure our kids get enough sleep?

 

Joining me for this conversation about our teens and sleep is Heather Turgeon and Julie Wright, psychotherapists and sleep specialists. 

 

We go into:

  • [3:30] An inside look at their new book, Generation Sleepless
  • [4:35] The big dangers of our teenagers not getting enough sleep
  • [7:35] The impact of social media on sleep
  • [9:00] The learning challenges that come from lack of sleep
  • [11:10] How to get your kids on board in changing their sleep habits
  • [19:25] The importance of modeling what’s important and helping kids who have a hard time with priorities
  • [29:50] Tips for parents who are struggling with getting their kids to sleep


They are authors of the popular parenting book, The Happy Sleeper. Their work has appeared in outlets like the New York Times and NPR. Their new book is called, Generation Sleepless: Why tweens and teens aren't sleeping enough, and how we can help them.  


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  • https://www.thehappysleeper.com/

 

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053: ‘What To Do When Kids Are Defiant’ with Sarah Rosensweet08 Jun 202200:14:29
Is your strong-willed child being defiant? Are you looking for guidance on closing the gap between your expectations and what is actually happening when it comes to setting peaceful limits?

 

This episode is a solo episode, based on a question I received from Susanne via Speakpipe (you can leave your questions there for me too)!

 

We cover:

  • [1:50] Suzanne’s question for this episode
  • [3:35] 3 big ideas behind parenting Strong Willed kids
  • [5:40] How to close the gap between expectations and realities without yelling
  • [9:50] Finding a win-win solution

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How to Help Kids Manage Stress and Difficulty with Ned Johnson: Episode 15612 Jun 202401:02:28

In this episode of The Peaceful Parenting Podcast, I interview one of my favourite people and author of two parenting books, Ned Johnson. We discuss how to talk to kids to build stress tolerance, manage anxiety, build intrinsic motivation, and self regulate screen time.

Ned has been on the podcast twice before- be sure to check out the other two episodes linked below once you’re done listening to this one.

We talk about:

  • 2:17 How you can get access to a live Q&A with Ned

  • 6:35 Increasing stress tolerance in kids

  • 9:30 The difference between resilience and stress tolerance

  • 11:00 How to help kids with their anxiety

  • 21:48 How to help kids stuck in a loop of negative thinking

  • 37:00 How to help kids with intrinsic motivation

  • 48:00 How to help kids with balanced screen use

Download the episode transcript HERE 

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Bonus Q&A: What Do You Say? How to Talk to Kids to Promote Motivation, Stress Tolerance, and a Happy Home with Ned Johnson https://reimaginepeacefulparenting.com/bonusnedjohnson/ 

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052: How to Have More Simplicity as a Family with Rachel Rainbolt01 Jun 202200:43:32

In this episode, Rachel Rainbolt joins us in talking about how to have more simplicity as a family. 

 

Our world is packed with stuff and activities, some of which we want and need, and a lot of which we don’t. Rachel teaches us tips to simplify our time and space so we can have more ease and joy.

 

Rachel, the founder of Sage Family, is a gentle parenting, natural homeschooling, and simple living mentor. With a master’s degree in marital and family therapy, she has spent decades guiding thousands of overwhelmed families to peace and joy. Rachel works from the Pacific Northwest, where she lives wild and free in connection with her 3 wildlings and the papa bear in their fixer upper on the beach.

 

We go into:

  • [2:15] The case study that frames this conversation
  • [7:00] The simplicity mindset
  • [15:50] Why transitions are hard for kids
  • [17:20] Where to put yourself on your to do list
  • [22:00] How to help kids get rid of stuff
  • [26:20] The biggest blocks parents get when it comes to simplicity 
  • [29:45] Best practices for getting started with simplifying your space
  • [33:30] Reframing trying to ‘do it all’

 

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051: Coaching Call with Anita: Difficult Behavior and the Nervous System25 May 202200:42:14

How do you calm a hypervigilant nervous system? What causes it? How do you support a child when their behavior is challenging? This is what we discuss in this week’s coaching episode with Anita.

 

Anita lives in Australia and is the mom of two great kids: an 8 year old girl and 5 year old boy  named Louis. Louis has a hypervigilant nervous system and asks for support in navigating it.

 

We cover:

  • [3:20] Louis’ facial burn and how it exacerbated his hypervigilance and sensitive nature
  • [8:45] How to know if you need an autism diagnosis
  • [11:40] Trauma responses vs. autism
  • [18:15] The fear behind not having enough resources for neurodivergent kids
  • [25:20] Anita’s update after two months

 

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050: ‘How to Help Our Kids with Transitions’ with Sarah Rosensweet18 May 202200:13:03

We have a solo episode to talk about how to help our kids with transitions this week.

 

With the end of the school year around the corner, we may not recognize that this is a time of heightened anxiety for our kids. We typically tend to think that going back to school is more stressful for them, when in fact, year end could be just the same.

 

We cover:

  • [3:05] Recognizing our child’s fear of back to school as a potential anxiety
  • [4:00] Empathizing with our child through their anxieties 
  • [5:45] Listening to our child as they share their worries with you
  • [6:55] The importance of letting your child know they can handle it
  • [10:10] The two best ways to empty your emotional backpack
  • [10:50] What to do if your kids are anxious all year

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049: How to Overcome Picky Eating with Jennifer House11 May 202200:43:31
In this episode, we talk about how to overcome picky eating. This is a challenge a lot of parents face – how to get their kids to eat without being so picky!

 

Joining me for this conversation is Jennifer House, who has been a Registered Dietitian for 16 years. She has owned First Step Nutrition for the past 13 years, where she helps to make feeding families easier, with a focus on Baby-led Weaning and Picky Eating. Jennifer has published two books and regularly appears in the media. 

 

We go into:

  • [3:40] This episode’s case study
  • [7:10] Why it’s okay for our kids’ appetites to fluctuate 
  • [9:00] The Division of Responsibility by Ellyn Satter
  • [14:35] The kids’ responsibility when it comes to eating
  • [18:25] Intuitive eating for kids
  • [19:00] How to spot the difference between sensory processing challenges and picky eating
  • [33:50] Why kids are picky to begin with
  • [40:00] Advice parents need to know when it comes to picky eating

 

Jen earned her BSc in Nutrition & Food Science from the University of Alberta, and before starting First Step Nutrition, she completed an MSc in Human Nutrition from the University of British Columbia. She also worked at the Alberta Children’s Hospital in outpatient services, often seeing clients with Failure to Thrive or picky eating struggles.

 

Having a picky eater of her own, Jennifer can relate to the stress and struggles of raising a kid who just won’t try new foods! She has helped hundreds of families implement Ellyn Satter’s Division of Responsibility of feeding in their homes with personal consults and team feeding consults in partnership with an Occupational Therapist. She now works with clients online in a group coaching program to support them in making mealtimes more peaceful with a picky eater at the table.

 

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048: Coaching Call with Bob: Is This Normal? When You’re Worried About Your Child’s Meltdowns04 May 202200:54:24
In this episode, I sit down with Bob, dad to Cody, 6 and Skyler, 2. This conversation specifically focuses on Bob’s challenges with Cody, who is a kid with really big feelings and a lot of sensitivity.

 

As you’ll hear in the episode, we talk about the triggers Bob experiences because of Cody’s big feelings. We also discuss his fears and challenges with staying calm and emotionally generous in hard moments.

 

We cover:

  • [6:30] How Cody’s needs show up in their family life
  • [12:50] How our fear as parents shows up in our parenting
  • [19:00] What co-regulation is and the process to get there
  • [21:20] Tips for incorporating Special Time into your routine
  • [34:25] How to empty your Emotional Backpack
  • [40:05] Check in - the changes Bob experienced after our coaching call

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047: Shame-Proof Parenting with Mercedes Samudio27 Apr 202200:30:27

Have you ever either felt shame as a parent and then either had a grown up tantrum OR shamed your kids in those tough moments? 

 

As parents, it is impossible to avoid ever feeling shame. Our kids will act out. People will judge us. We will make bad decisions sometimes despite our best intentions. 

 

Shame-proof parenting is about learning how to support yourself when those hard feelings come up so that we can be the parents we want to be instead of getting caught up in our own embarrassment or overwhelm.

 

Joining me for this conversation is Mercedes Samudio, LCSW, a licensed psychotherapist, parent coach, speaker, and bestselling author who helps parents and children communicate with each other, manage emotional trauma, navigate social media and technology together, and develop healthy parent-child relationships. 

 

We go into:

  • [2:20] What shame-proof parenting is and why it’s so important
  • [7:50] Mercedes’ tips for reducing shame in hard situations
  • [12:25] How to love yourself as a parent, through the shame you’re experiencing 
  • [14:35] The Parental Identity Development Model
  • [28:50] Mercedes’ advice for parents who are just starting out

Mercedes is an adjunct professor at Chapman University and Pepperdine University where she teaches psychology, diagnosis of mental illness, and multicultural counseling. She is an accomplished speaker who explores topics such as parenting identity development, multicultural counseling, and developing a clinical identity. 

 

Mercedes started the #EndParentShaming movement as well as coined the term Shame-Proof Parenting – using both to bring awareness to ending parent shame. 

 

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046: What To Do When Our Kids Are Unhappy with Sarah Rosensweet20 Apr 202200:12:33
In this episode, we’re exploring why we don’t need to stress out or fix it when our kids are unhappy about something. 

 

Life is a balance of happy and hard times. Our kids will experience these moments too as they grow older. It’s important to welcome and honor their feelings and emotions, even as we don’t want to see them suffering.

 

Supporting them through unhappy moments helps them become more resilient.

We cover:

  • [1:10] Why parenting with the goal of happiness is troublesome 
  • [2:00] Why it’s hard for us to parent when our kids are unhappy
  • [6:00] How kids develop emotional resilience 
  • [7:50] Why unhappy kids don’t make us bad parents
  • [9:50] Being aware of the stories we tell ourselves

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045: Membership Q&A – How to Help Anxious Kids in Real Life Scenarios with Lynn Lyons13 Apr 202200:52:38

In this episode, I’m sharing a glimpse into my incredible membership community.   

It’s a monthly membership program. One of the features is group coaching Office Hours every week and one is a guest expert Q&A with other mentors in the parenting space. 

 

Lynn Lyons joined me in my membership for this Q&A call, where community members had the chance to ask her their questions and get support in real time. 

 

We go into:

  • [6:35] How to help anxious kids who reject coping skills
  • [15:02] Helping kids who are anxious going to school
  • [20:04] Guiding our kids who have just learned about death
  • [25:35] How to help kids who get anxious at bedtime
  • [32:10] Helping kids who are anxious about grades and academic performance
  • [38:51] Dealing with perfectionism
  • [41:31] What to look for in a therapist if you feel your child needs some extra support with their anxiety

 

Lynn is a psychotherapist, author and speaker in Concord, New Hampshire. She has been in private practice for 28 years, and specializes in the treatment of anxiety disorders in adults and children.

 

She travels globally as a speaker and trainer on the subject of anxiety, its role in families, and the need for a preventative approach at home and in schools.

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044: Coaching Call with Julia: How to Help Sensitive Kids When They Get Upset06 Apr 202200:48:55
How can we help our sensitive kids when they’re experiencing big emotions and get upset?

 

It’s not that they don’t want to share their emotions with us. They may be so overwhelmed that adding our emotions as parents on top of theirs can be even more triggering for them.

 

In this episode, I sit down with Julia, mom of two girls – L who is 8 and T who is 10. Julia shares how L is uncomfortable with her big feelings and working through them together.  

 

We talk about:

  • [5:50] How sensitive kids sometimes shut down when experiencing big feelings 
  • [8:40] Defining emotional backpacks and leading with empathy 
  • [12:05] Challenging our own views of what supporting our kids should look like
  • [17:50] Making repairs out of our own need to do it
  • [27:20] How to ease tensions and incorporate Special Time
  • [34:30] Check in - the changes Julia experienced after our coaching call

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(Replay) Your Turn: How to Be An Adult with Julie Lythcott-Haims05 Apr 202200:46:18

This episode is with Julie Lythcott-Haims and we talk about her new book, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult, which is about how to be a good person and have a good life.

 

We also talked about how to raise kids so that they don't need a book to learn how to be an adult. Julie also shared some really great tips about truly seeing our children. 

 

Julie Lythcott-Haims believes in humans and is deeply interested in what gets in our way. Her work encompasses writing, speaking, teaching, mentoring, and activism. 

 

We go into:

  • How Julie’s new book is changing the narrative around the heaviness of living in today’s society
  • What fending is and how can you best prepare your kids for when they do get to the fending stage
  • The four step method to teaching any kid any skill
  • How to parent our kids the way they need us to parent them
  • Unpacking privilege in gentle parenting

 

She is the New York Times bestselling author of How to Raise an Adult which gave rise to a popular TED Talk. Her second book is the critically-acclaimed and award-winning prose poetry memoir Real American, which illustrates her experience as a Black and biracial person in white spaces. 


Julie holds degrees from Stanford, Harvard Law, and California College of the Arts. She currently serves on the boards of Common Sense Media, Black Women’s Health Imperative, Narrative Magazine, and on the Board of Trustees at California College of the Arts. She serves on the advisory boards of LeanIn.Org, Parents magazine and Baldwin For the Arts.

She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her partner of over thirty years, their itinerant young adults, and her mother.

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Raising Emotionally Healthy Boys- BoyMom: Reimagining Boyhood: Episode 15505 Jun 202400:48:52

In this episode of The Peaceful Parenting Podcast, I interview Ruth Whippman about her book BoyMom: Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity. We discuss the humanity lacking in traditional models of masculinity and the type of sensitive and connection-based parenting that is desperately needed for boys.

We talk about:

  • 4:00 Systems of power and oppression

  • 4:35 How the same systems that harm women and girls, also harm men and boys

  • 6:00 How we see boys as mad, not sad

  • 7:13 Neuroscience research on the sensitivity of boys’ brains

  • 12:45 Why stats on boys’ mental health struggles are not accurate

  • 13:55 Why adolescent boys are in a mental health crisis

  • 28:34 How screens are displacing socializing in person for boys

  • 36:00 Incel (involuntarily celibate) movement

  • 43:00 Buddy vs. Sweetheart

Download the episode transcript HERE 

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043: Four Big Ideas to Help Stop Sibling Fights with Sarah Rosensweet30 Mar 202200:30:19

In this episode, we’re exploring four big ideas to stop sibling rivalry and fighting.

 

Sibling fighting is so upsetting for us as parents! Unfortunately, a lot we do to try to make it better actually makes it worse. This episode will help you with the best practices to help siblings get along. 

 

We cover:

  • Four big ideas to help your kids get along 
  • The importance of special time 
  • The benefit of giving ‘long turns’ a try
  • Why and how to  intervene in disagreements if they can’t work it out

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042: Brain-Body Parenting with Dr. Mona Delahooke23 Mar 202200:42:31
In this episode, I have the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Mona Delahooke to talk about her new book, Brain-Body Parenting. We also speak about the connection between our brain and bodies, why our nervous systems get overloaded, and how our kids process their emotions.

 

Dr. Mona is a mother of three, and a licensed clinical psychologist with more than thirty years of experience caring for children and their families. She is a senior faculty member of the Profectum Foundation and a member of the American Psychological Association. 

 

We go into:

  • What brain-body parenting is
  • What happens in our nervous systems when we sense a threat
  • The connection between our bodies and brains
  • The sensory impact on our nervous systems
  • Top down vs. bottom up behaviors
  • How to co-regulate with our child

 

Dr. Mona is the author of the award winning book Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children’s Behavioral Challenges, and the upcoming book, Brain-Body Parenting: How to stop managing behaviors and start raising Joyful, Resilient Kids. She is a frequent speaker, trainer, and consultant to parents, organizations, schools, and public agencies. She lives and works in the Los Angeles area.

 

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041: Healthy Coping Strategies for Kids with Janine Halloran16 Mar 202200:31:18

How do we help kids with their big feelings? Of course we empathize first, but then what? How do we help them calm down? If you need a bit of support in this area, you will love this really wonderful conversation with Janine Halloran about coping strategies for kids

 

This episode has so many actionable strategies that you can take away and use the next time your child is having a hard time.

 

Janine Halloran is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who has been working with children, teens, and their families for 20 years. She has been helping children and teens build their coping skills throughout her career in a variety of settings, including schools, mental health clinics and in her private practice. 

 

We go into:

  • When kids need coping strategies 
  • The five types of coping strategies Janine talks about in her work
  • How to use Janine’s coping strategies checklist 
  • What to do when your child doesn’t want to use any of their preferred coping mechanisms
  • The feelings thermometer 

 

Janine is the author of  several books, including the bestselling Coping Skills for Kids Workbook and the Coping Skills for Teens Workbook. Her work has been featured in the Boston Globe, CNN, Huffington Post, and The Skimm® Newsletter. Janine lives in Massachusetts with her husband and two children.

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